Visit to National Space Centre

The construction of the National Space Centre (NSC) began in 2019 as a joint project of the Government of Moscow and the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities. The NSC will unite key entities of the rocket and space industry, including the central office and the situation centre of the Roscosmos State Corporation, as well as research institutes, design bureaus and enterprises.

The Mission Control Centre operating at the NSC has already conducted a communication session with Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov, Alexei Zubritsky and Oleg Platonov, currently working at the International Space Station.

The opening of the National Space Centre was also attended by First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov Manturov DenisFirst Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation , Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin Sobyanin SergeiMoscow Mayor , and Roscosmos State Corporation General Director Dmitry Bakanov Bakanov DmitryGeneral Director of the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities .